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ORANGEMAN

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Overview

ORANGEMAN (noun)
  The noun ORANGEMAN has 1 sense:

1. a member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereignplay

  Familiarity information: ORANGEMAN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


ORANGEMAN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of a society founded in Ireland in 1795 to uphold Protestantism and the British sovereign

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Orangeman" is a kind of...):

Protestant (an adherent of Protestantism)

Holonyms ("Orangeman" is a member of...):

Association of Orangemen; Orange Order (a Protestant political organization in Northern Ireland)


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